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Why/What Patheological? Or, What Is With the Reboot?

A post about Gun Control would garner more interest than one explaining the reboot of a podcast. But, I will take that risk using a gun analogy.

We did not grow up hunters, or around guns for that matter, in our house. We did have cap guns. Eventually we even had a BB gun.

When we moved to Southwest Oklahoma to begin our first pastorate my father-in-law gave me a shotgun, a 12-gauge. He knew many hunted turkey and quail and thought it might give me opportunities. It did. One day I may tell of my first turkey hunt. The statute of limitations has surely expired.

The think I liked about a shotgun is that I did not have to be as accurate as with a rifle. I still don’t think I could shoot Bambi.

From the beginning of my first podcast years ago I have felt it was like shooting a shotgun. Inspiration came in rushes and then there were droughts. Over time, after we began using the Revised Common Lectionary at Snow Hill, I would offer a mashup of the Texts. This was before J. Daniel Kirk’s, LectioCast, or the two pastors who offer Pulpit Fiction. How about those for podcast show names?!

Eventually I began listening to Tripp Fuller’s interview podcast show, Homebrewed Christianity. I understood the metaphor for my friends who find the analogy questionable. Listening to theologians interviewed in a way that did not reveal whether or not Tripp agreed with their conclusions or not left the listener to work through the subjects covered and the conclusions asserted. He offered a broad reach – N.T. Wright to John Dominic Crosson. There are many others.

I needed a rifle for my podcast, not a shotgun. After reading, researching, and listening to some of the podcast gurus, I began working on refocusing the podcast. You have likely noticed the website refresh. And, there is a renewed energy to connect a passion that has been growing since the early 1990’s. You will have to listen to the show to hear just what that is.

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